Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hemel Hempstead County constituency
Hemel Hempstead shown within Hertfordshire, and Hertfordshire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1997
MP:	Michael Penning
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Hertfordshire
EP constituency:	East of England

Hemel Hempstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1918-1983 2.2 MPs 1997-present 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External reference

[edit] Boundaries

For the 1997 General Election, the former West Hertfordshire constituency was reduced in area and renamed "Hemel Hempstead". This reflects the growing population around the edge of London and the decision of the Boundary Commission to create an extra constituency within the county of Hertfordshire.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Hertfordshire the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of a modified Hemel Hempstead seat for the next United Kingdom general election formed from the following electoral wards from the district of Dacorum:

• Adeyfield East, Adeyfield West, Apsley, Ashridge, Bennetts End, Boxmoor, Chaulden and Shrubhill, Corner Hall, Gadebridge, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead Central, Highfield and St Pauls, Kings Langley, Leverstock Green, Nash Mills, Warners End, Watling, and Woodhall.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1918-1983

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Gustavus Arthur Talbot	Coalition Conservative
	1920	John Colin Campbell Davidson	Coalition Conservative
	1923	John Freeman Dunn	Liberal
	1924	John Colin Campbell Davidson	Conservative
	1937	Frances Joan Davidson	Conservative
	1959	James Harry Allason	Conservative
	1974	Robin Corbett	Labour
	1979	Nicholas Lyell	Conservative

[edit] MPs 1997-present

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Tony McWalter	Labour Co-operative
	2001
	2005	Michael Penning	Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Penning	19,000	40.3	+1.8
	Labour Co-op	Tony McWalter	18,501	39.3	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Grayson	8,089	17.2	+4.4
	UK Independence	Barry Newton	1,518	3.2	+1.1
Majority			499	1.1
Turnout			47,108	64.4	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+4.6

General Election 2001: Hemel Hempstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tony McWalter	21,389	46.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Paul Ivey	17,647	38.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stuart	5,877	12.8	+0.5
	UK Independence	Barry Newton	970	2.1	N/A
Majority			3,742	8.1
Turnout			45,883	62.3	-14.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

[edit] External reference

• Detailed map of Parliamentary Constituencies in Hertfordshire
• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)